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Gone...Canoein'?

*Be back soon. I have plenty of posts for every day we were in Vancouver coming daily starting...tomorrow. We got back early (early!) Wednesday morning after 7 hours of delays and were so glad we decided to take off an 'extra' day after we got back to enjoy the kids and get back to normal life. I'm sad to be back in the Nebraska heat but very happy that the Grandparents and kids had a great time while we were away. This is my 'signature' photo of every vacation spot and an explanation is coming about this particular scene from beautiful British Columbia. Stick around.*

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